After the big restrictions, the time has come for small concessions.
At the end of November, the Île-de-France prefecture announced the complete closure of river traffic in Paris a week before the historic opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine scheduled for July 26.
A calamity for the cereal growers who, at the height of the harvest season, pass through the capital numerous barges loaded with thousands of tonnes of wheat intended for export, en route to the port of Rouen (Seine-Maritime).
In December, not hesitating to inflate the damage somewhat to sound the alarm, they estimated at half a billion euros the amount of losses suffered due to these navigation bans and the crops condemned to remain dock.
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